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harry reid or barack obama? it looks like it's harry reid. >> on this other -- >> ggo ahead, quickly. >> they're saying, hey, mr. president, they're starting to fold on the c.r., starting to compromise on the c.r., and we can't let them off the hook. >> judge, we saw how the memorial's being closed really unified a lot of people against this whole deal to. pay our military act, the interpretation of it for these military death benefits, take a listen to our house hearing today. >> you guys that continue to say that word that we changed the theme on obama care, the fight continues to be on obama care. our fight started with -- we all want to get rid of obama care, but we know that's not going to happen but i tlihink there's nothing wrong with that, in all fairness. >> that wasn't the clip but he said he just interpreted the law and was told by lawyers this is how he had to do it. no military death benefits. >> i listened to his testimony. he said the lawyers in the defense department, the lawyers in the justice d
harry reid or barack obama? it looks like it's harry reid. >> on this other -- >> ggo ahead, quickly. >> they're saying, hey, mr. president, they're starting to fold on the c.r., starting to compromise on the c.r., and we can't let them off the hook. >> judge, we saw how the memorial's being closed really unified a lot of people against this whole deal to. pay our military act, the interpretation of it for these military death benefits, take a listen to our house hearing...
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that is harry reid's choice and decision. >> okay. all right. all right. jim heinz. final word to jim heinz. nothing to do with ted cruz or the republicans. in fact, lay it at the house of the white house, it's their fault. >> no, look, it's absurd and there is very few awe mer cans that believe the story this is the president's fault. john boehner could open the government by passing the clean senate c.r. tonight marsha is talking about the debt and long-term deal and we agree on that. we should negotiate that. two weeks ago it had nothing to do with negotiations of the debt. it was about repeal of the obama care. >> the continuing resolution -- >> every day the republicans have realized their position is increasingly untenable and they have changed their position. so even if the president were in -- you know, even if the president had any about pi to control the republicans in the house of representatives, which, by the way, the speaker of the house doesn't have, even if the president could control the house of representatives, what would he negotiate on? >> i got
that is harry reid's choice and decision. >> okay. all right. all right. jim heinz. final word to jim heinz. nothing to do with ted cruz or the republicans. in fact, lay it at the house of the white house, it's their fault. >> no, look, it's absurd and there is very few awe mer cans that believe the story this is the president's fault. john boehner could open the government by passing the clean senate c.r. tonight marsha is talking about the debt and long-term deal and we agree on...
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senate majority leader harry reid says he is confident the senate can reach a deal to avoid default. sounds positive. 11:07 a.m. the white house issues this statement saying the latest g.o.p. proposal is a partisan attempt to appease the tea party and that set off a fire storm among democrats. >> that progress evidently has struck here in the hearts -- fear in the hearts of the republican whose reckless behavior called upon them to sabotage the bipartisan effort in the united states senate. >> extremist republicans in the house are attempting to coimpede the progress with a bill that can't pass the senate, can't pass the senate, and won't pass the senate. >> we're not going to pay ransom from the american people to the tea party in order to open the government. >> and that brings to us 3:15 p.m. eastern. the time the president called house democrats to the white house. now, moments ago, talk of another house g.o.p. plan to be voted on tonight. we're going to get reaction from former presidential candidate rick santorum in a moment. first, fox senior capitol hill producer on the lates
senate majority leader harry reid says he is confident the senate can reach a deal to avoid default. sounds positive. 11:07 a.m. the white house issues this statement saying the latest g.o.p. proposal is a partisan attempt to appease the tea party and that set off a fire storm among democrats. >> that progress evidently has struck here in the hearts -- fear in the hearts of the republican whose reckless behavior called upon them to sabotage the bipartisan effort in the united states...
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i think the right two people are negotiating this right now, harry reid and mitch mcconnell. these are two senate veterans. we've taken it away from the rookies and the radicals who i think led everything astray in the house, and, you know, i think the next 48 hours are going to be super ugly on the outside but hopefully they're going to be making progress. i think the senate should easily be able to come to an agreement. the question is will it be able to get through the house. that's the $64,000 question on this one. >> that has not changed, right? david, to you. congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz on "morning joe" taking aim at the speaker. >> the speaker needs to stop caring more about staying in power and holding on to his leadership role than he does about leading and making sure that we can stop living crisis to crisis. >> so i guess the question here, david, how does he break from the extreme right? if that bipartisan deal does come over from the senate? >> well, a couple things. i'm sorry, but the way she phrased that is just so inappropriate. john boehner is an e
i think the right two people are negotiating this right now, harry reid and mitch mcconnell. these are two senate veterans. we've taken it away from the rookies and the radicals who i think led everything astray in the house, and, you know, i think the next 48 hours are going to be super ugly on the outside but hopefully they're going to be making progress. i think the senate should easily be able to come to an agreement. the question is will it be able to get through the house. that's the...
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right now, senator reid, harry reid is in mitch mcconnell's office. the majority leader said a short time ago he hopes there will be a deal before that 3:00 meeting. there's a whole heck of a lot happening right now. let's get straight to nbc white house correspondent peter alexander and news capitol hill correspondent luke russert. pete, let's start with you. what are you hearing from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? does the president fully expect these congressional leaders will show up at 3:00 with a deal in their hands? >> reporter: well, craig, he's hoping that is the case obviously during his visit a short time ago to a local food pantry where he visited with the volunteers there. among them federal government employees that have been furloughed, trying to reemphasize the impact that the shutdown is having on real merpz americans. if the republicans don't come to some sort of compromise, there's real serious potential for the u.s. to default. there's a lot of countdowns going on. and then another countdown to wednesday at midnight before we head into
right now, senator reid, harry reid is in mitch mcconnell's office. the majority leader said a short time ago he hopes there will be a deal before that 3:00 meeting. there's a whole heck of a lot happening right now. let's get straight to nbc white house correspondent peter alexander and news capitol hill correspondent luke russert. pete, let's start with you. what are you hearing from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? does the president fully expect these congressional leaders will show up at 3:00...
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harry reid said that is not going to happen. we have word now again, it's a fluid situation, the house may be moving forward with a six-week debt limit extension until november 22nd and another separate vote to fund the government through december 15th. would that be palatable, do you think, to democrats? >> well, i think it makes much more sense for the country, even if you have a six-week deadline on the debt limit question that you make an effort to keep the government open and not just get it open but have a longer term so-called continuing resolution. in other words, there's no reason why we shouldn't have a resolution that not only opens -- a measure that not only opens up the government but keeps funding in place until at least the end of the fiscal year, which would be september 30th of '14. that would make much more sense, to not have the government open or not open question hanging over us even as you're having a debate over the debt ceiling. anyone proposing that, i don't think it's going to get very far. >> senator,
harry reid said that is not going to happen. we have word now again, it's a fluid situation, the house may be moving forward with a six-week debt limit extension until november 22nd and another separate vote to fund the government through december 15th. would that be palatable, do you think, to democrats? >> well, i think it makes much more sense for the country, even if you have a six-week deadline on the debt limit question that you make an effort to keep the government open and not...
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if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it. we have a continuing resolution, fund it at your number, bring it to the floor of the house. >> can i ask you something? >> go ahead. >> can i ask you something? is it the regular way we should be passing funding for this country in one solid bill or the way you fund multiple appropriations bills? >> oh, chairman rogers and i are ready to do a complete bill. you want to hand pick here, hand pick done. maybe by december we get the process done. >> we've already september four of those bills to the senate. they have not taken up. you probably voted on some of them. >> you know, you are dec
if harry reid wants to send people over to negotiate, we're ready and willing to do it. at the same time, if we could get the senate to do what we've done in a bipartisan manner this week, we have passed bills in a bipartisan manner to open up much of the government. if the senate would just pick up those bills, you would see a lot of those issues be swept away. we can't get harry reid to move those bills. >> let me make it clear, there's a process in place. you may want to go around it....
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earlier today, senator harry reid told reporters the democrat and republican leaders in the senate were getting closer to seeing eye to eye. check out this rare moment of sunshine and unicorns on the senate floor. >> i'm very optimistic. we will reach an agreement, it's reasonable in nature, this week. >> we had an opportunity over the last couple of days to have some very constructive exchanges of views about how to move forward. those discussions continue and i share his optimism that we are going to get a result that will be acceptable to both sides. >> optimism? constructive exchanges? who are you and what have you done with my congress? at least one person still seems hesitant to sip the rose-colored kool-aid. listen to what president obama had to say while visiting a local food shelter in d.c. earlier today. >> not only is it untenable for us to continue the shutdown, this week if we don't start making some real progress both in the house and the senate, and if republicans aren't willing to set aside some of their partisan concerns in order to do what's right for the country, we s
earlier today, senator harry reid told reporters the democrat and republican leaders in the senate were getting closer to seeing eye to eye. check out this rare moment of sunshine and unicorns on the senate floor. >> i'm very optimistic. we will reach an agreement, it's reasonable in nature, this week. >> we had an opportunity over the last couple of days to have some very constructive exchanges of views about how to move forward. those discussions continue and i share his optimism...
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earlier today, harry reid said he is, quote, very optimistic about a deal this week. the feds have said the deadline for congress to raise the debt limit is three days away. we'll have continuing coverage minutes from now. >> more breaking. fox news confirmed a libyan terror suspect who used to be on the fbi's most lanted list is now here in the united states and this map has come their new york city. abu anas al-liby. that's the name he uses in the united states. he has faced a federal indictment here in new york city for more than a decade. the pentagon reports u.s. special operations forces captured him during a raid in libya, not saturday but a week ago saturday. officials say they expect al liby to stand trial over whether he helped plan the bombings of u.s. embassies in 1998, and there's a lot of evidences that suggests he did. the u.s. attorney's office in new york will not comment but does tell it there's no information at this time. we know the accusation is he helped scout out and take pictures of the bombing for osama bin laden for it happened. we have the
earlier today, harry reid said he is, quote, very optimistic about a deal this week. the feds have said the deadline for congress to raise the debt limit is three days away. we'll have continuing coverage minutes from now. >> more breaking. fox news confirmed a libyan terror suspect who used to be on the fbi's most lanted list is now here in the united states and this map has come their new york city. abu anas al-liby. that's the name he uses in the united states. he has faced a federal...
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the minority leader mitch mcconnell and majority leader harry reid. within. >> i think we are now seeing the end of this agonizing odyssey. this body has been put through far more important than what the american people have been put through. one of the more shameful chapters that i have seen in the years that i have spent in the senate. if there is a good outcome in the 514 of us were able to join together, republican and democrat, the leadership i must fully admit provided primarily by women in the senate. i will not comment further on that. but seriously, 14 of us got together, we came up with a plan had a very spirited discussion, and that plan i think was probably better than the one that we are going act on today. the fact is this group of 14 people are committed to staying together to address other issues of importance and to tell the american people there are at least 14 of us and many others wanted to join that group and are welcomed to join this group. we are going to not let this kind of partisanship crippled this body and injure the americ
the minority leader mitch mcconnell and majority leader harry reid. within. >> i think we are now seeing the end of this agonizing odyssey. this body has been put through far more important than what the american people have been put through. one of the more shameful chapters that i have seen in the years that i have spent in the senate. if there is a good outcome in the 514 of us were able to join together, republican and democrat, the leadership i must fully admit provided primarily by...
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harry reid showed up you angry because he's taking heat, been the most stubborn. it will be interesting do see if obama will shelve him. boehner should keep the government closed like he said he was going to and link the irs in taking their about to enforce the the obama care mandate out of their hands and make the bargaining chip. >> the world is seeing house republicans put together a bill that gives obama what he wants. he wants another trillion in the government checkbooks. he's got exactly what we wants. why can't he make a deal? >> there will be a deal in 48 hour, maybe less or few hours more. it's in the mix. senator collins a republican is now maine saying she's been tasked with coming up with a compromise between republicans. she doesn't think it's just the debt ceiling alone that's enough. you need to open the government with things put on there like government people take the insurance themselves, medical device tax, things that the republicans can say okay we've got something out of it. in the end, let's not kid ourselves. this was a bit of a blink. no
harry reid showed up you angry because he's taking heat, been the most stubborn. it will be interesting do see if obama will shelve him. boehner should keep the government closed like he said he was going to and link the irs in taking their about to enforce the the obama care mandate out of their hands and make the bargaining chip. >> the world is seeing house republicans put together a bill that gives obama what he wants. he wants another trillion in the government checkbooks. he's got...
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the deal brokered by senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell would fund the government through january 15th and republicans would have preferred longer and raise the debt limit to february 7th and raise it through extraordinary actions. and those who receive obama subsidies on the exchanges and the bipartisan budget committee to address long term budget issues by december 13th. >> the thing why we kept finding out why we could not come to a budget conference. this bill has a mandatory budget conference. it has to report back and go back to some regular order. that was very important for all of us to agree on. >> reporter: the key for mcconnell was not bust the cap. >> we agreed to the budget control act and that the president signed into law. that's a top priority for me and my colleagues op the republican side of the ails throughout this debate. >> reporter: after a bruising several weeks, the senate majority leader struck a more peaceful tone. >> perhaps more importantly this ends a standoff to bring washington to a halt this fall. this is not a time for pointing fing
the deal brokered by senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell would fund the government through january 15th and republicans would have preferred longer and raise the debt limit to february 7th and raise it through extraordinary actions. and those who receive obama subsidies on the exchanges and the bipartisan budget committee to address long term budget issues by december 13th. >> the thing why we kept finding out why we could not come to a budget conference. this bill has a...
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>> reporter: the big four is senator harry reid. and mitch mcconnell and john boehner and nancy pelosi. and the difference is biden, is going to be a part of the discussions and known for being a deal maker. sources tell me the discussions are basically over how long to fund the government versus how long to extend the nation's ability to borrow moan. democrats like reid want a longer package and they want to open up the cuts from the 2011 debt deal. republicans would like to open up the argument over the nation's debt sooner. this is a leading republicans view on that. >> this would be the sixth time in five years that the president wants a debt ceiling increase and the amount they want is a million dollars a minute for the next year way beyond 20 authority 14 election. a million dollars a minute unchecked. >> reporter: main gop senator collins is got a group of bipartisan senators trying to get a deal that included west virginia democrat joe manchin. >> they come from different backgrounds and put the country first. and we are con
>> reporter: the big four is senator harry reid. and mitch mcconnell and john boehner and nancy pelosi. and the difference is biden, is going to be a part of the discussions and known for being a deal maker. sources tell me the discussions are basically over how long to fund the government versus how long to extend the nation's ability to borrow moan. democrats like reid want a longer package and they want to open up the cuts from the 2011 debt deal. republicans would like to open up the...
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jon: after all the acrimony over last couple weeks and even before that, mitch mcconnell and harry reid are talking to each other like friends today, so it would sound. >> it is a big reason why this is getting somewhere if it does. jon: david drucker from the "washington examiner", thank you. >> thanks a lot. jenna: while that is happening on capitol hill the world war ii memorial is becoming the scene for veterans protesting the government shutdown. dozens of military organizations are gathering to send an even louder message. doug mckelway is live at the world war ii memorial in washington with more. doug? >> reporter: hi, jenna. i will take note and step out of camera. a couple more honor flights in past couple minutes arrived at world war ii memorial. these are world war ii vets. one group came in from texas a few moments ago. these are the guys who quite literally fought for our freedom and they will be dammed if they can not showt world war ii veterans and express their sentiments and gain access to the memorial which remains out of bounds. nevertheless the protest we're seeing h
jon: after all the acrimony over last couple weeks and even before that, mitch mcconnell and harry reid are talking to each other like friends today, so it would sound. >> it is a big reason why this is getting somewhere if it does. jon: david drucker from the "washington examiner", thank you. >> thanks a lot. jenna: while that is happening on capitol hill the world war ii memorial is becoming the scene for veterans protesting the government shutdown. dozens of military...
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frankly, harry reid doesn't look all that good, either. the city of washington decays in the esteem of the american people and we decay as a country around the world. this is a lose-lose-lose process. >> i think if you look at the data that's coming out -- >> the polling numbers. >> there's a "the washington post" poll that's out today that shows republicans getting the blame by more than two to one. compared to the president, almost three to one. and i think that there's a reason for that, because the american people didn't agree with shutting down the government over obama care. they didn't agree with republican tactics up until now, and it's very hard for republicans to pull back from that. you know, it's an open question, how long that blame lasts, but they have a little bit more than a black eye. they have a bloody nose, a black eye. they're taking the hit. >> we lived through this in the '90s. the country will want to know by next summer is obama care working, are jobs being created, is the deficit under control, does washington look
frankly, harry reid doesn't look all that good, either. the city of washington decays in the esteem of the american people and we decay as a country around the world. this is a lose-lose-lose process. >> i think if you look at the data that's coming out -- >> the polling numbers. >> there's a "the washington post" poll that's out today that shows republicans getting the blame by more than two to one. compared to the president, almost three to one. and i think that...
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harry reid is going a step further ending sequester cuts. republicans say that is not going anywhere. could this unravel now. senator bob corker with me from the hill. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: i saw you a bit earlier. you said we'll have a deal by the end of the day today. are you still going with that? >> i said i hope we have a deal. as you just mentioned, bills the problem is over the last 48 hours, democrats unbelievably have been wanting to break the budget caps put in place in 2011. i think you know this is the first time since 1955 and 6 we had two years in a row of reduce spending. obviously they don't like that. they took what they thought was, they thought they were in a better place than us and tried to take advantage of that, hopefully, that move has been brought back to the middle and if so, maybe we can move ahead today with an agreement. they certainly were overreaching. bill: couple questions here. why do you think harry reid was going for this reversal of sequestration at the late hour? >> well, look
harry reid is going a step further ending sequester cuts. republicans say that is not going anywhere. could this unravel now. senator bob corker with me from the hill. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: i saw you a bit earlier. you said we'll have a deal by the end of the day today. are you still going with that? >> i said i hope we have a deal. as you just mentioned, bills the problem is over the last 48 hours, democrats unbelievably have been wanting to break the...
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the senate has adjourned for the evening, but majority leader harry reid says he and senator mcconnell have made progress towards a deal. they just are not there yet. so the senate is ready to strike a deal. what about the house? speaker john boehner faces a stark choice. will he stand up to the extremists in his own party who forced this government shutdown? in earlier battles, speaker boehner did that. he did it with the fiscal cliff and with hurricane sandy relief. and again with the violence against women act. that's about to end now or continue with what he does about ending the government shutdown and avoiding default. with the deadline fast approaching, will he let the democrats rescue him once again? joining me now is congressman emanuel cleaver, democrat from missouri. thanks for being here tonight, congressman. >> good to be with you. >> where does this end? will boehner, in your opinion, stand up to the tea party or will he need the democrats to bail him out again? >> well, it looks like they're walking us towards a deal. i don't know where it's going, but at least we're on
the senate has adjourned for the evening, but majority leader harry reid says he and senator mcconnell have made progress towards a deal. they just are not there yet. so the senate is ready to strike a deal. what about the house? speaker john boehner faces a stark choice. will he stand up to the extremists in his own party who forced this government shutdown? in earlier battles, speaker boehner did that. he did it with the fiscal cliff and with hurricane sandy relief. and again with the...
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harry reid is not interested in fiscal responsibility. barack obama surely is not. he's interested in borrowing more money. >> the price being paid isn't being paid by you or anyone in that building. it's paid by everyone outside of that building. >> if this is conservative republican plan had been implemented five years ago, say at the inception of what is now the obama presidency we would have far less debt and deficit. we wouldn't be in this situation today and the american people would say, good, glad you took a sacrifice in the short term so we'll be better off in the long term. we're at historically interest rates. 8% of our revenue stream it takes to pay the interest on the debt, that could double, go 2 1/2 times in a matter of months. then where are we? we revisit this conversation. they'll say republicans why didn't you stand stronger and longer. >> i need to talk strategy. i want to know where things go today. do you have any indication the house will vote today. >> i don't know if john boehner wakes up with another new idea. i don't have a new idea i can
harry reid is not interested in fiscal responsibility. barack obama surely is not. he's interested in borrowing more money. >> the price being paid isn't being paid by you or anyone in that building. it's paid by everyone outside of that building. >> if this is conservative republican plan had been implemented five years ago, say at the inception of what is now the obama presidency we would have far less debt and deficit. we wouldn't be in this situation today and the american...
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for now all eyes on the dynamic duo of senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell. on sunday reid proposed a long-term deal. the proposal came after diagrams rejected a republican plan drafted by senator susan collins which wooch locked in deep on sequester cuts in exchange for opening the government through march. reid's offer met with chilly response from same senate republicans who claim to want a deal. >> here is what i'm worried about, a deal coming out of the senate a majority of republicans can't vote for in the house. that really does compromise speaker boehner's leadership. after all this mess is over, do we really want to compromise john boehner as leader of the house? >> i don't know. yes. maybe. senator graham raises a fair point. where is the raucous house caucus in the deal making? most data points to disarray. after reviewing his options over chinese takeouts and cigarettes, how angry the stock markets get on voting on a bill in the lower chamber. speaking of which global financial leaders warned this weekend of massive disruption the world over shoul
for now all eyes on the dynamic duo of senators harry reid and mitch mcconnell. on sunday reid proposed a long-term deal. the proposal came after diagrams rejected a republican plan drafted by senator susan collins which wooch locked in deep on sequester cuts in exchange for opening the government through march. reid's offer met with chilly response from same senate republicans who claim to want a deal. >> here is what i'm worried about, a deal coming out of the senate a majority of...
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majority leader harry reid says they've still got a long way to go. good saturday, everyone. i'm craig melvin. we are now just five days from defaulting on the nation's debt on this, the 12th day of the government shutdown. still, no signs of a deal on another rare weekend session for congress. >> and this republican government shutdown. >> the request cannot be entertained. >> this republican government shutdown that is hurting so many american people. >> that request cannot be entertained. >> open the government without further delay. >> as the chair previously advised, that request cannot be entertained. >> also ahead this afternoon, a public plea. the son of r&b legend marvin gay needs a kidney transplant desperately. how his own illness is exposing a crisis for all minorities. he'll join me live. >>> everyone's being real cautious about how they're dealing with this matter. >> plus, the off-the-field fight for the tampa bay buccaneers. what it means for this weekend's home game. >>> and celebrating columbus. we will take a look at the meaning behind the holiday. >>> firs
majority leader harry reid says they've still got a long way to go. good saturday, everyone. i'm craig melvin. we are now just five days from defaulting on the nation's debt on this, the 12th day of the government shutdown. still, no signs of a deal on another rare weekend session for congress. >> and this republican government shutdown. >> the request cannot be entertained. >> this republican government shutdown that is hurting so many american people. >> that request...
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then harry reid is going to have a tough decision to make. then it really will be harry reid's default. >> you don't think any democrats will vote on this tonight? i mean, i know that's not probably a proper question to ask you since you're a member of the republican conference. is the speaker devising this with the idea that maybe he will get some democratic votes? >> well, we know that in the senate it will get democratic votes. we know there's strong bipartisan support for this. in the house, it's a much more political -- this is one of the things that some of my conservative friends haven't figured out yet. without 218 votes in the house, you just don't have any leverage. so i don't suspect that nancy pelosi is going to give us very many votes, but there will be a few democrats that vote. >> before you go, i want to clarify one thing you said about the changes the speaker made to this republican plan. sounds like you're saying not only would people like you, members of congress, the president, the cabinet, not get federal subsidies for yo
then harry reid is going to have a tough decision to make. then it really will be harry reid's default. >> you don't think any democrats will vote on this tonight? i mean, i know that's not probably a proper question to ask you since you're a member of the republican conference. is the speaker devising this with the idea that maybe he will get some democratic votes? >> well, we know that in the senate it will get democratic votes. we know there's strong bipartisan support for this....
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i want to play for you a bit of what harry reid had to say. >> we agreed. we'll talk to you about anything you want to talk about. you want to talk about discretionary spending, you want to talk about farm bill, you want to talk about postal reform, you want to talk about health care, we'll talk. but stop threatening a catastrophic default on the nation's bills. jon: he said let's open the government first and then we'll negotiate. what do you think? >> that's exactly what we've tried to do as republicans. and look. the republican controlled house under the extraordinary leadership. speaker boehner and majority leader cantor have led the way on this and opened different aspects of the government where there's broad based consensus and nothing that relates in any way to obama karen, passing things to benefit things like veterans benefits, to keep cancer research moving forward and harry reid refuses even to allow those to be brought up for a vote, much less to support them. so i wish he was sincere in those words but his actions tend to hear otherwise. jon:
i want to play for you a bit of what harry reid had to say. >> we agreed. we'll talk to you about anything you want to talk about. you want to talk about discretionary spending, you want to talk about farm bill, you want to talk about postal reform, you want to talk about health care, we'll talk. but stop threatening a catastrophic default on the nation's bills. jon: he said let's open the government first and then we'll negotiate. what do you think? >> that's exactly what we've...
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can you vote for this compromise that harry reid and mitch mcconnell have put together? >> i'm still looking forward to the opportunity to go through it. i heard a lot of the outline and framework. shockingly enough, there are occasionally times where a senate proposal comes over with a couple nonjermaine items with it, so i want to get a chance to look at it, and we're looking forward to the conference at 3:00. >> assuming it is as has been described. >> i still have to look at it. it shouldn't be long. it should be straight-forward, but i want a chance to look at it to know where we're going from there. >> the meeting is happening at 3:00 today. can you take us behind closed doors and explain what is happening on your side of things? >> folks will get a copy of it, start looking through it. we'll meet at 3:00, talk through the parameters, talk through what's happening on the senate side in the schedule, the speaker will outline, here's what the deal is, here's what it is all about. majority leader cantor will step up, explain where things are, and we'll have interactio
can you vote for this compromise that harry reid and mitch mcconnell have put together? >> i'm still looking forward to the opportunity to go through it. i heard a lot of the outline and framework. shockingly enough, there are occasionally times where a senate proposal comes over with a couple nonjermaine items with it, so i want to get a chance to look at it, and we're looking forward to the conference at 3:00. >> assuming it is as has been described. >> i still have to look...
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as he left the capitol sunday evening, senate majority leader harry reid said he was growing more optimistic after speaking by phone with his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell. >> our discussions were substantive and we'll continue those discussions. >> mcconnell was not as upbeat. in a statement he revealed an entirely different plan. he said her plan has the support of democrat and republican leaders. with republicans getting most of the blame for the shutdown, democrats decided over the weekend to make a few demands of their own, proposing that any plan to reopen the government rolled back some of those across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration. >> neither democrats nor republicans like the sequester and one of the strongest voices against it has been senator mccain correctly because of what it would do to defense. >> republicans have accused the democrats of changing the game at the 11th game. >> think they're one tick too cute as they see the house possibly in disarray, they now are overreaching. >> and tensions over the shutdown are rising. tea party and veterans clash
as he left the capitol sunday evening, senate majority leader harry reid said he was growing more optimistic after speaking by phone with his republican counterpart mitch mcconnell. >> our discussions were substantive and we'll continue those discussions. >> mcconnell was not as upbeat. in a statement he revealed an entirely different plan. he said her plan has the support of democrat and republican leaders. with republicans getting most of the blame for the shutdown, democrats...
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on saturday republican leader mitch mcconnell went into a meeting with harry reid and thought they had a bipartisan agreement on how to reopen the government. and reid said, wait a minute. what's at issue here is republicans think that reid's trying to move the goalposts. what reid says is he's just trying not to have those sequestration cuts that kick in in january. he doesn't want those to be -- doesn't want government to reopen and have those sequestration cuts kick in. so he's saying reopen government until the end of the year. and they hope democrats to negotiate those sequestration cuts. so this is in part about how long to keep the government open, and once it's open, then what kind of negotiations take place. >> so how are they going to settle the difference? >> well, they may settle the difference by just changing the time period. in other words, keep the government open until january, don't have those new sequestration cuts kick in. what democrats worry about is once those next round of sequestration cuts kick in, they're locked in and they won't be able to kind of negotiate
on saturday republican leader mitch mcconnell went into a meeting with harry reid and thought they had a bipartisan agreement on how to reopen the government. and reid said, wait a minute. what's at issue here is republicans think that reid's trying to move the goalposts. what reid says is he's just trying not to have those sequestration cuts that kick in in january. he doesn't want those to be -- doesn't want government to reopen and have those sequestration cuts kick in. so he's saying reopen...
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so harry reid went to mitch mcconnell. john boehner did not go to nancy pelosi or any democrat. >> it's terrible. thank you, michael steele and joan. what a prognostication. we're going to look ahead for the next to months in this. >>> up next, this is the most ludicrous. let's have another demonstration about what we didn't do what everyone us doing. this is "hardball," the place for politics. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com >>> three big races coming up in the next three weeks. let's check the "hardball" score board. first to new jersey in the special election for the united states senate. cory booker leads re
so harry reid went to mitch mcconnell. john boehner did not go to nancy pelosi or any democrat. >> it's terrible. thank you, michael steele and joan. what a prognostication. we're going to look ahead for the next to months in this. >>> up next, this is the most ludicrous. let's have another demonstration about what we didn't do what everyone us doing. this is "hardball," the place for politics. the day we rescued riley was a truly amazing day. he was a matted mess in a...
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. >> refusing the to negotiating, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a dangerous path. >> we are not going to bow to tea party anarchists. >> d.c. is closed for business because of oh obama care. >> this is playing with fire. legislative arsonists are at work. >> rising sentiment in the country to throw the bums out. >> if all the president wants is to drag us over there to say he won't negotiate that's not productive. >> tonight we debate the impact of the corner stone of the government's domestic policy agenda. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. period. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >>> the writing was on the wall since day one the president's health care law has been one big headache after the other. with comments like this we shouldn't be surprised. >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it uh away from the fog of the controversy. >> guess what. the bill was passed, americans found out what was in it and they hate it. every day there is another report of companies laying off
. >> refusing the to negotiating, harry reid and the president are putting our country on a dangerous path. >> we are not going to bow to tea party anarchists. >> d.c. is closed for business because of oh obama care. >> this is playing with fire. legislative arsonists are at work. >> rising sentiment in the country to throw the bums out. >> if all the president wants is to drag us over there to say he won't negotiate that's not productive. >> tonight we...
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that's something the president, democrats like harry reid want to be part of this conversation. bill: inching. still got a long way to go. the other big story, the white house appeared to change its tune when the president signed that bill to pay military death benefits last night. >> reporter: that's right. bill: what have you been able to nail down as to what the white house knew and when, ed? >> reporter: for two straight days in the briefing i asked jay carney when the president actually found out that this military death benefit would not be covered, and for two days he wouldn't say. so that's a big question mark. some officials have privately suggested to me that the president and his top aides knew several days ago, and that raises the question of why they didn't move quicker, and the other issue is jay carney suggested to me and others that the president wasn't going to sign this law because fisher house, the charity, had already stepped forward to pay, so this bill didn't need to be signed into law. >> it does mean we don't need legislation. and, again, we go from day-t
that's something the president, democrats like harry reid want to be part of this conversation. bill: inching. still got a long way to go. the other big story, the white house appeared to change its tune when the president signed that bill to pay military death benefits last night. >> reporter: that's right. bill: what have you been able to nail down as to what the white house knew and when, ed? >> reporter: for two straight days in the briefing i asked jay carney when the president...
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>> well i guess you could make the same argument, why senator harry reid wouldn't bring our legislation up for a vote if that's the path you want to go down. >> there aren't the votes for it in the senate? >> i think this thing has, the train has left the track on this. what you are seeing here is -- is a merging together now of the discussion of the continuing resolution and the debt limit. we're only about nine days away. i think everybody's focus, because that is really a critical juncture in this country's economy that is so important. we ought to be focused on that. discussion of the cr, kind of a side show on this right now. >> i agree with you. i would hesitate to add, kids getting kicked off head start, people not receiving welfare checks and people not having food inspected would not call the shutdown of the government a side show. i agree with you where the political emphasis is on. but since all of the conversation is now on the debt ceiling, why not just bring the clean cr to the house, house floor, and itf it passes we coud do this with the government opening and functionin
>> well i guess you could make the same argument, why senator harry reid wouldn't bring our legislation up for a vote if that's the path you want to go down. >> there aren't the votes for it in the senate? >> i think this thing has, the train has left the track on this. what you are seeing here is -- is a merging together now of the discussion of the continuing resolution and the debt limit. we're only about nine days away. i think everybody's focus, because that is really a...
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we want a debt limit that extends through 2014 like harry reid said. so the question now becomes, is can john boehner once again get a bill on the house floor that his own party will vote through? and from where we stand right now, the answer is we do not know. there is a lot of consternation about this bill within that conference, thomas. and some folks even said to me -- one member goes, how does it look with the debt limit extension, with the government shutdown, that's the equivalent of bailing out wall street and not paying veterans benefit. there's a lot of worry in that conference room about this plan right now. >> you know, it is putting the cart before the horse. and so how do they save face and explain themselves at this point? >> reporter: what their idea is that is, look. we need to have something we can bring to the white house to say this is where our guys are. give us some more time to negotiate a large-scale deal. however, if you extend the debt limit, you avert the economic catastrophe. the government is still shut down. what is it shu
we want a debt limit that extends through 2014 like harry reid said. so the question now becomes, is can john boehner once again get a bill on the house floor that his own party will vote through? and from where we stand right now, the answer is we do not know. there is a lot of consternation about this bill within that conference, thomas. and some folks even said to me -- one member goes, how does it look with the debt limit extension, with the government shutdown, that's the equivalent of...
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futures, though, are actually higher. >> that's because harry reid and mitch mcconnell are saying they're going to sit down and come up with something this morning. there is no extra time to spare now. they got to get it done before the rest of the world and the financial situation crumbles. >> when you talk about that downgrade that warning, when did that happen? at what point do they say they're actually going to downgrade? >> that's what we don't know. we are all watching with bated breath this deal. >> they could do it at anytime. >> i wonder about the deadlines is my question. you have the october 17th deadline and then they throw on the november 1st deadline. >> if you read between the lines of what fitch is saying, no matter what you do, we're disgusted with the u.s. already. >> that's right. >> kind of across the country, other country, also feeling exactly the same way. it's like how dare you do this to your own economy when it affects us as well. >> exactly, especially when you talk about china and russia with so much debt. >>> we like to start on a positive note. >> marybel is
futures, though, are actually higher. >> that's because harry reid and mitch mcconnell are saying they're going to sit down and come up with something this morning. there is no extra time to spare now. they got to get it done before the rest of the world and the financial situation crumbles. >> when you talk about that downgrade that warning, when did that happen? at what point do they say they're actually going to downgrade? >> that's what we don't know. we are all watching...
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. >> gene, there's going a deal like that it's going to have to involve harry reid saying it's okay. any indication you have that harry reid is interested in talking about entitlements or talking about tax reform which seems to be where the republicans are headed? >> he certainly gave no indication yesterday or has given no indication so far that he's eager to do that. you know, i think he can probably be brought along into a conversation. i'm not sure how much you can get through. i'm also not sure that after that poll yesterday you're really going to get the president down off mount olympus that soon. so i think, you know, the republican offer probably has to get a little bit better than it was yesterday. and there's incentive for that to happen. and, you know, when push comes to shove i think the president and also perhaps nancy pelosi will begin to prevail on harry reid to at least start a conversation that if it doesn't let the republicans save face at least let's them say they are saving face and let's us all move forward. we need a government and we don't need to pit the debt
. >> gene, there's going a deal like that it's going to have to involve harry reid saying it's okay. any indication you have that harry reid is interested in talking about entitlements or talking about tax reform which seems to be where the republicans are headed? >> he certainly gave no indication yesterday or has given no indication so far that he's eager to do that. you know, i think he can probably be brought along into a conversation. i'm not sure how much you can get through....
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that's one of the reasons why harry reid switched some of his fewer in y'all rhetoric -- i'm sorry, he just looks like an undertaker to me -- from we will never negotiate, we must not negotiate to, of course, we'd love to negotiate because that message has been coming from reid and obama that they're opposed to even talking just doesn't play very well. and so in that, so sort of this microsense, the republicans have this advantage that all they were asking to do was talk. and that seems reasonable to a lot of americans, as it should. and thatj:ñ is why i think thate six week extension on the debt limit in order to continue these conversations is a pretty smart move by john boehner if he can actually get it passed. jon: and the president is pushing hard, apparently, not to let speaker boehner split the two issues, to lift the debt ceiling but maintain the partial government shutdown. the president seems to want to deal with both of them at once. >> well, you know, it's funny, the conventional wisdom -- which i think is probably still right -- is that obama always wanted the shutdown. i
that's one of the reasons why harry reid switched some of his fewer in y'all rhetoric -- i'm sorry, he just looks like an undertaker to me -- from we will never negotiate, we must not negotiate to, of course, we'd love to negotiate because that message has been coming from reid and obama that they're opposed to even talking just doesn't play very well. and so in that, so sort of this microsense, the republicans have this advantage that all they were asking to do was talk. and that seems...
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majority leader harry reid said if they could just cut the engines and listen, republicans could walk away with a win. >> the speaker and my republican friends should take yes for an answer. open the government, let us pay our bills. we'll negotiate on anything you want to negotiate on. >> and with anxiety building over a critical borrowing deadline, just eight days away, the president is looking to offer stability where he can. today nominating janet yellen to succeed fed chairman ben bernanke at the end of january. >> she is a proven leader. and she's tough. not just because she is from brooklyn. she calls it like she sees it. johnet also knows how to build consensus. she listens to competing views. and brings people together around a common goal. and is one of her admirers says, she is the kind of person who makes everybody around her better. >> despite that, the gop is already offering opposition. with the senate's number two republican saying yellin has a, quote, stimulus obsession. all right, let's get right to nbc's kristen welker at the white house. so kristen, janet yellen wo
majority leader harry reid said if they could just cut the engines and listen, republicans could walk away with a win. >> the speaker and my republican friends should take yes for an answer. open the government, let us pay our bills. we'll negotiate on anything you want to negotiate on. >> and with anxiety building over a critical borrowing deadline, just eight days away, the president is looking to offer stability where he can. today nominating janet yellen to succeed fed chairman...